Memes mentioning “Michigan”

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Preschool Social Programs Demonstrate the Importance of a Child's Early Years

In 1962, researchers wanted to test the effects of an early-childhood preschool training program they had designed. Kids in Ypsilanti, Michigan, were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The first attended the preschool program (which eventually became a model for other preschool programs nationwide, including Head…

Jul 27, 2011 1 1

child development
cognition
parenting
preschool

Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness

Then for more than a million years people lived in a way that couldn't have changed much. They inhabited grasslands and woodland savannas, first in Africa, later in Eurasia, and eventually in Australasia and the Americas. They hunted animals for food, gathered fruits and seeds, and were highly social within each tribe…

May 3, 2011 1 1

adaptation
evolution